Resume (CV)

Personal Details

  • Date of Birth:  November 11th, 1955
  • Country of Birth:  Israel
  • Nationality: Israel and United States (dual citizenship)
  • Family Status: Married
  • Number of Children: Three
  • Military Service: 1981 – 1987

Higher Education

Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Rotating Internship  Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel

1984 – Graduate: Medical Doctor (M.D.)  M.D. Thesis: Electrocardiographic changes and cardiac arrhythmias before and during 24 hours after dialysis in chronic hemodialysis patients.  Advisor: Y. Bar-Khayim M.D., Head of Nephrology Unit, KaplanHospital Rehovot, Israel

Service in Other Academic and Research Institutions

1985-1991  Residency-General Surgery, Department of Surgery B, Kaplan Hospital Rehovot, Israel, Affiliated to the Hebrew University, Hadassah MedicalSchool , Jerusalem, Israel.  Professor and Chairman: R. Pfeffermann, M.D.

Sep. 1989 Feb. 1990   Research-Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.  Thesis: Prolongation of rat skin and cardiac allograft survival by treatment of animals with low doses of heparin and T-cell vaccination.  Advisor: I.R. Cohen, M.D., Professor of Immunology, Department of Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Jan 1991-July 1991  Senior Surgeon, Dept. of Surgery B, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel

Affiliated to the Hebrew University-Hadassah MedicalSchool, Jerusalem, Israel

July 1991- Dec 1994   Residency – Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center, Boston,MA, USA.  Professor and Chairman: Richard J. Shemin, M.D, Including rotations at: The Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA.  Chairman: David M, Shahian M.D.  Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston,MA, USA.  Professor and Chairman: Aldo R. Castaneda M.D.

Jan. 1995- Feb 2001  Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Boston University Medical Center. Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

July 1999- Feb 2001  Associate Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Training Program, BostonUniversity School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

March 2001- July, 2002  Professor and Chairman. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery  Carmel Medical Center. Haifa, Israel

July, 2002  Clinical Director, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Boston Medical Center

Boston, MA, USA/  Associate Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Training Program, Boston University School of Medicine

Other Activity

Boston Medical Center appointments:

  • Medical Executive Committee – Member, 2002-present
  • Cardiovascular Center Executive Committee – Member, 2002-present
  • Graduate Medical Education Committee – Member, 1998-present
  • Operating Room Committee – Member, 2002-present
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Multidisciplinary Working Group – Vice Chairman, 2002-present

Academic appointments

  • Boston University School of Medicine – Instructor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1994
  • Boston University School of Medicine – Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1995
  • Boston University School of Medicine – Associate Professor of cardiothoracic Surgery, 1998
  • Boston University School of Medicine – Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2006.

National Organization Memberships

  • Thoracic Surgery Directors Association – Associate Member
  • American Heart Association – Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences – Member
  • American Heart Association – Council on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology – Member
  • American Heart Association – Council on Cardiovascular Surgery & Anesthesia – Member

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Association for Thoracic Surgery – 2005
  • Thoracic Surgery Directors Association – 1998
  • American College of Surgeons – 1995
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons – 1995
  • American College of Cardiology – 1995
  • American Heart Association – 1995
  • American College of Chest Physicians – 1995
  • Association for Academic Surgery – 1995
  • American Medical Association – 1995
  • Massachusetts Medical Society – 1995
  • Castaneda Society of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery – 1994
  • Israel Medical Association – 1981
  • Southwest Oncology Group – 1995
  • Member and Certified physician of the Federation of Underwater Activities in Israel – 1985
  • Israel Surgical Society – 1991
  • Israel Heart Society – 2001

Honors and awards

Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School six separate awards for excellence in medical studies for the years 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.

Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School four separate awards, honored as the number one student in the class received 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979.

General Surgery Residency Examinations:

  • Stage A: Ranked first in the Country, 1988
  • Stage B: Passed with high excellence, 1990

Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Examination:

  • Stage B: Passed with high excellence, 1994

American College of Cardiology / American Heart Association Cardiovascular Meeting Award, 1995.

Lifeline Foundation Research Award, 1998.

Certificate of Appreciation for outstanding contributions as a Mentor of Medical Students at Boston Univesity School of Medicine.  Dean of BostonUniversity School of Medicine, 2001.

Commonwaelth of Massachusetts Award in honor of outsatnding effort and tremendous commitment to the Citizens of the Commonwealth through the Field of Medicine. Governor Paul Celluci, 2001.

Exceptional care and caring physician. Press Ganey Survey of US hospitals, 2003.

Licenses to Practice Medicine

  • State of Israel No. 17534, 1981
  • The Commonwealth of Massachusetts No. 78090, 1991
  • General Surgery Board Certification (Israel) No. 11498, 1991
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery Board Certification (Israel) No. 14416, 1995